A SINGLE pint of beer could soon be enough to put you over the drink-drive limit and get you banned from the road under a tough clampdown proposed by MPs.

They also want cigarette-style warning labels on every alcoholic drink and an “alcohol tsar” to oversee the plan.

The measures, to be unveiled tomorrow, are needed to tackle a “national pandemic” of alcohol abuse, according to Tory MP Tracey Crouch, chairwoman of the All Party ­Parliamentary Group On Alcohol Misuse.

She said: “This is not about hitting those who drink responsibly but ­dealing with genuine misusers. We are not asking people to be teetotal. We want those who are vulnerable to be protected.

“Successive governments have tried to encourage responsible ­drinking but it is debatable how ­effective they have been.”

The drink-drive proposals would see a reduction in the limit from 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood to 50mg per 100ml.

The group recommends it is first applied to drivers under the age of 21.

This would mean a single pint of strong lager could put a driver over the limit. A large glass of wine could also render a drinker unfit to drive.

We are experiencing nothing short of a national crisis in the UK because of alcohol – we need to act now to stop it

Tory MP Tracey Crouch

Ms Crouch said: “We have one of the highest alcohol driving limits in the world. We have seen drink-driving accidents increase over the past two years and we want to start by targeting younger drivers who are more likely to be involved in a fatal collision than older drivers.”

The group hopes its manifesto will “help form the foundation of a future government Alcohol Strategy”.

It is being unveiled in the ­Commons tomorrow, together with figures ­showing alcohol-related harm costs £21billion a year, including hospital admissions and drink-related crime. Alcohol is linked to one death every hour.

Ms Crouch said: “We are experiencing nothing short of a national crisis in the UK because of alcohol – we need to act now to stop it.”

Other recommendations include a Minister, or “alcohol tsar,” responsible for drinks policy and health warnings printed on labels on alcoholic drinks.

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, the Royal College of Physicians special adviser on alcohol and chairman of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said: “This report is a wake-up call for Westminster to get real over its alcohol strategy.”